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A beautiful French tourist is murdered, her body washed up on the Cornish coast. Two little girls find her body. Divisional Commander Brian Macalvie doesn’t know what to make of it. While he and Inspector Richard Jury start their investigation, two more murders occur. Macalvie and Jury turn to Tom Brownell. Brownell is retired now but he’s known for solving every case, but one, that he worked on. Brownell is convinced that the murders are connected. Will this be the second case that Brownell doesn’t solve?

There’s nothing better than spending time with old friends. This is the 25th Richard Jury mystery that Ms. Grimes has written, with the first one having been published in 1981. I’ve read every one of them, including a couple of her standalones. The mystery always seems to be almost insignificant as its Grimes’ characters that draw me to her books. She has written some of the most loved, eccentric and humorous characters I’ve ever read. I was in stitches in this current book when Melrose Plant brings in a young boy who he tells Aunt Agatha is a blood relation and Aunt Agatha squirms from the thought that she might not inherit everything after all. I love this author’s wry sense of humor. I do think that it would be wise to read from the start of this series to get the full benefit of the development of these characters. A new reader starting with this one may feel a bit lost without the backstory.

Recommended.

This book was given to me by the publisher in return for an honest review.